"I doubt she’ll even open the door to us. She thinks we attacked Tiddles on purpose, when it was entirely his own fault"

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1. ARON, a slow-moving fellow who likes to take life easy

2. BORUCH, trying to cope with a big sister who always knows better

3. NOSSON, clever and articulate, often talks in italics to make a point

4. GERSHON, creative, and quick to think of new ideas

    

NOSSON: Wow, that was some speech the principal gave today.

GERSHON: Yeah. And what about his inspirational Yom Kippur story?

BORUCH: Cool!

ARON: Speaking of Yom Kippur, aren’t you guys glad we don’t need to fast yet? I get hungry just thinking of it. Gonna treat myself to extra potato chips when I get home.

NOSSON: How about some spiritual preparations for Yom Kippur?

ARON: I’ll make a nice hearty borei peri ha’adamah — that’s spiritual enough for me, heh heh.

BORUCH: [ignoring him] What did you have in mind, Nosson?

NOSSON: Dunno. Maybe the B.A.N.G. Gang could do something extra before Yom Kippur?

GERSHON: Never mind something extra — we’ve still got unfinished business. Remember my old neighbor Mrs. Parker that we tried helping out? She’s still giving me the cold shoulder. We gotta do something.

ARON: But that totally wasn’t our fault! She said she wanted two flours. It sounded like “flowers.” How were we to know what she meant?

GERSHON: I’m not saying it was our fault. But we can still try and get into her good books. And — um — maybe we should ask her for mechilah.

[There is an unenthusiastic silence, as the boys remember Mrs. Parker’s scathing scolding.]

BORUCH: I doubt she’ll even open the door to us. She thinks we attacked Tiddles on purpose, when it was entirely his own fault.